Odd Bang-Hansen

Odd Bang -Hansen ( born April 9, 1908 in Oslo; † 4 March 1984) was a Norwegian author, journalist, writer and translator.

Life

The son of a minister from 1926 to 1934 studied philology. From 1936 he worked as a teacher. From 1944 to 1945 he was a liaison officer in England. His first book was indeed already appeared in 1938, but the majority of his novels he wrote after the war. 1946 appeared the novel rings rundt Bronnen in which he dealt with fascism. It was also Bang -Hansen translator and author of children's books. Among other things, he translated Astrid Lindgren's Mio, my Mio into Norwegian. He himself wrote the series Mette and Tom, who was awarded several prizes.

In 1965 he became chairman of the Norwegian Writers' Association. A post he held until 1971.

Two films with Bang - Hansen's involvement were also shown in Germany: Font in the snow in 1966 in the Federal Republic of Germany, Fridtjof Nansen in 1971 on East German television. In the former film had with his sons Kjetil and Pål.

Works

  • Fager he drøm studentens (1938 )
  • Rings rundt Bronnen (1946 )
  • I denne natt (1947 )
  • Mette and Tom i fjellet (1948 )
  • Mette and Tom og bokstavene (1949 )
  • Møllen above Lyset (1949 )
  • Mette and Tom i Hulen (1951 ) - was also filmed in 1951
  • Trapp med ni Trinn (1952 )
  • Fly hvite due (1953 )
  • Consolation i taklampa (1955 ) - Directed, with Erik Borge, a novel by Alf Prøysen
  • Spillemann på Flukt (1957 )
  • Chat Noir og norsk revy (1961 )
  • Ved Lady død Days (1964 )
  • Skrift i sne (1966 ) - Directed, German writing in the snow
  • Bare et liv - historien om Fridtjof Nansen (1968 ) - screenplay, along with Yuli Dunsky, Sigurd Evensmo and Valeri Frid

Awards

  • Kultur-og kirkedepartementets litteraturpris for barne -og ungdomslitteratur (1949 ) bokstavene for Mette and Tom og
  • Bastia Price ( 1959) for the translation of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales

Swell

  • Horst Bien uA: Meyers Taschenlexikon North European literatures. Leipzig 1978.

Pictures of Odd Bang-Hansen

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